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Miss Universe 2014 Paulina Vega on not renouncing her crown after Donald Trump called her ’hypocrite’: "By not renouncing my crown has nothing to do with what I do or what I don’t do. I have a legally binding contract and legal relationship with the organization and it’s not so easy for me, like the artists have done, to renounce and say, ’No. I’m not working for you anymore.’ I have a contract of 1 year."

Saad ng Miss Universe 2014, “The most comical is using the word: hypocrisy.

“But I think what I’m doing is the least hypocrite thing I can do by using my voice clearly.

“By not renouncing my crown has nothing to do with what I do or what I don’t do.

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“I have a legally binding contract and legal relationship with the organization and it’s not so easy for me, like the artists have done, to renounce and say, 'No. I’m not working for you anymore.' I have a contract of 1 year.

“So it's a much more complicated situation, but we have to understand that Trump is a very polemic person.

"I’m going to keep going forward and refuse his comments to affect me.

“Miss Universe the organization and I are much more than what that man says on Twitter.”

“While world politics and other influences will undoubtedly play a role, the pageant will always seek to transcend controversy. It is unfortunate that recent events beyond our control have only served to negatively impact the women who participate in the pageant, our state directors, our sponsors and our fans.”